Optimal Bin Number Selection for Mutual Information Calculation Between EEG and Cardiorhythmogram Signals
Mykhailo Zhukov, Anton Oleksandrovich Popov, Volodymyr Kharytonov, Illya A. Chaikovsky · Electronics and Communications · 2014
In the present work the problem of optimal bin number selection for equidistant Mutual Information (MI) estimator between electroencephalogram (EEG) and cardiorhythmogram (CRG) is addressed. In the previously developed method the bin number selected based on the finding an optimal bin number on the MI values on the range of bin numbers. With application to the real raw EEG and CRG signals it was found that for closely placed or symmetrical channels of EEG data the method can be applied, and the true value of MI value can be found with proposed method. In application to MI calculation between raw EEG and CRG signals that are not significantly coupled, true MI value cannot be estimated with proposed method for small sample size.Reference 12, figures 4.